just trying to change the look on windows

i’ve been wanting a Windows Desktop theme similar to the Vista Aero skin. I’ve been able to get the Media Center Royale theme file and i got that working, but i’d rather have something dark.
I’ve seen the Vista transformation pack but I’m afraid to try it because of how windows files are replaced.
I’ve tried Windowsblinds and StyleXP..but i don’t like the performance loss from those programs.
anyone know of a place to get a skin that installs through putting skin files in the Windows/themes folder?

I know my friend did it, but I cant get in contact with him. How do you change the skin, or appearance, of your Windows XP screen?
Ie. Make it so instead of bubbley blue and a green Start button, they are different colors and appear differently.

You use the computer and see the same old Windows XP screen everyday. Apart from toggling its theme between Windows XP Classic style and Windows XP style, sizing up / down desktop icons and menu and customizing the wallpaper you probably can’t do much with the interface.

Pretty boring isn’t it? Few years back, Winamp (Windows Media Player equivalent) skins were already very popular. I believe the same could be done to the operating system. With deliberate searching, I came across WindowBlinds – a simple to use software that allows us to customize almost every single component on the Windows XP display.